by Ben Price | Oct 13, 2022 | Community Association Guidance, Disaster Relief
UPDATED 10/24/22 CAI is monitoring recovery efforts in Florida following Hurricane Ian. The Florida Legislative Alliance wishes to make members aware of the following rules and programs regarding debris removal for homeowners associations and condominium communities...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE, C. Scott Canady | Sep 22, 2022 | Federal Advocacy
CAI representatives and Florida Sen. Jason Pizzo (D-Miami-Dade County) met with White House officials on Sept. 20 to discuss condominium safety initiatives to garner support for two pieces of legislation; H.R. 8304 and H.R. 7532. CAI representatives at the meeting...
by Ben Price | Aug 11, 2022 | Federal Advocacy
UPDATE 8/16/22: The House passed H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act on 8/12/22, and President Biden signed it into law on 8/16/22. On August 7, the Senate passed H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on a party-line vote. A vote in the House is expected...
by C. Scott Canady | Jul 28, 2022 | Disaster Relief, Federal Advocacy
In a meeting with the Washington, D.C., office of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), CAI’s Florida Legislative Alliance (CAI-FLA) members urged Rubio to introduce the Disaster Assistance Equity Act (DAEA) in the Senate and work to enact it into law. H.R. 5298 is non-partisan...
by Dawn Bauman, CAE, C. Scott Canady | Jul 21, 2022 | Community Association Guidance, Federal Advocacy
The House Financial Services Committee yesterday received testimony from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Sandra Thompson. In a memo, CAI urged members of the committee to ask Thompson about ways to improve access to mortgage credit for condominium and...
by C. Scott Canady | Jul 11, 2022 | Federal Advocacy
This week, Reps. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) introduced H.R. 8304, the Rapid Financing for Critical Condo Repairs Act of 2022, legislation that allows the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing...